| File name: | New Pulse Shuckworm Targets Foreign Military Mission Based in Ukraine.msg |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/dafde31f-f201-494f-98cd-62e7252994f6 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | April 13, 2025, 22:07:48 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.ms-outlook |
| File info: | CDFV2 Microsoft Outlook Message |
| MD5: | E44AB42D404E659530F4E0A561D44FF9 |
| SHA1: | D0040D33F69001078A56BE023800FCE6A1AFF960 |
| SHA256: | D73CAB6DA54B29552ED46C12EB3320DC42A3ABD4ADEB3E792DEFECE125C7839E |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:jKAMq4nAqVGtcOLogkoz8nch8Kg3aO6RpKO0y:Gq1TRpKO |
MALICIOUS
Suspicious URL found
- OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 7380)
Email came from third-party service (Amazon SES)
- OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 7380)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Reads Environment values
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7248)
Application launched itself
- msedge.exe (PID: 7236)
Email verification fail (SPF, DKIM or DMARC)
- OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 7380)
Checks supported languages
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7248)
Reads the computer name
- identity_helper.exe (PID: 7248)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 7860)
- slui.exe (PID: 6572)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- msedge.exe (PID: 7704)
The sample compiled with english language support
- msedge.exe (PID: 7704)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 6572)
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TRiD
| .msg | | | Outlook Message (45.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .oft | | | Outlook Form Template (26.5) |
Total processes
216
Monitored processes
78
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7600 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 444 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7604 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 536 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2500 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 728 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6408 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 728 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3732 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 744 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2536 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | msedge.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1196 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4524 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1532 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5832 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1532 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=5140 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.19041.3636 --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADoAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAABEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6596 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1616 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5544 --field-trial-handle=2396,i,5512216541477667205,15248406561295740086,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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Total events
15 953
Read events
15 391
Write events
469
Delete events
93
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 6 |
Value: 01941A000000001000B24E9A3E06000000000000000600000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\OUTLOOK\7380 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: 0B0E10F9DF3A9B7E4C6B46AD53B23C18B9FB7E230046A0C2CC9C8898EBED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511D439D2120B6F00750074006C006F006F006B002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | BootCommand |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | BootFailureCount |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | delete key | Name: | (default) |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CantBootResolution |
Value: BootSuccess | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProfileBeingOpened |
Value: Outlook | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionId |
Value: C3D8E96E-C1AF-4750-8D52-F4E28119C131 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | BootDiagnosticsLogFile |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Outlook Logging\OUTLOOK_16_0_16026_20146-20240718T1116060318-1644.etl | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7380) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProfileBeingOpened |
Value: | |||
Executable files
53
Suspicious files
1 182
Text files
183
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook1.pst | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF10e62c.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\66cd09c1-f8b3-46bc-8116-4885b8aaac62.tmp | binary | |
MD5:9BB793B4E5E85046E6A05435E2D887F4 | SHA256:C2558DF759D2A2C8328BD2DD6E8D816424573542C54632181F7E8122680CF8DE | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres | binary | |
MD5:F688EC42759E186B15F83D41C7629DBD | SHA256:1828D8B0E2A98A3D9762541CA688E9A1B984B447E47AF4D2C6500031B71E2F23 | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:1AF1D1ED27A40F9FDA977B6C353EC48B | SHA256:01B66ED195749BF7909E0B655A6C4C6AFDECD665D7304653D09CD538191CC50A | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF10e63b.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF10e63b.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7236 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
51
TCP/UDP connections
221
DNS requests
295
Threats
4
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.12:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1912 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
744 | msedge.exe | GET | 304 | 69.192.161.44:80 | http://r3.i.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
744 | msedge.exe | GET | 304 | 69.192.161.44:80 | http://x1.i.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8012 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 208.89.74.29:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1744953270&P2=404&P3=2&P4=U%2bVq1jj%2bG81CZNTxg84csp1jp%2fInK08nV2bv2iKlm8tobMtu9N21Wgif4VID4lLYBCnj2jobNAkOdWeVDgFrIg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8012 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 208.89.74.29:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1744953270&P2=404&P3=2&P4=U%2bVq1jj%2bG81CZNTxg84csp1jp%2fInK08nV2bv2iKlm8tobMtu9N21Wgif4VID4lLYBCnj2jobNAkOdWeVDgFrIg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
8012 | svchost.exe | GET | 206 | 208.89.74.29:80 | http://msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/bf8090eb-6e5c-4c51-9250-5bf9b46cf160?P1=1744953270&P2=404&P3=2&P4=U%2bVq1jj%2bG81CZNTxg84csp1jp%2fInK08nV2bv2iKlm8tobMtu9N21Wgif4VID4lLYBCnj2jobNAkOdWeVDgFrIg%3d%3d | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.241.12:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 52.123.128.14:443 | ecs.office.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.160.17:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 23.199.214.10:443 | fs.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7380 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 52.109.76.243:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
ecs.office.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
fs.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
roaming.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
omex.cdn.office.net |
| whitelisted |
messaging.lifecycle.office.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
744 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DNS Query for .cc TLD |
744 | msedge.exe | Misc activity | SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] Tracking Service (.popin .cc) |
744 | msedge.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DNS Query for .cc TLD |
744 | msedge.exe | Misc activity | SUSPICIOUS [ANY.RUN] Tracking Service (.popin .cc) |